http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/331/introductionThe Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002Water qualityWater pollutionCareWater metersWATER AND SEWERAGEStatute Law Database2025-05-22Expert Participation2004-01-01 These Regulations supplement the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (the Order), amend, for a limited period, the Water Quality Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (the 1994 Regulations) and, on 1st January 2004, revoke and replace those Regulations. They are primarily concerned with the quality of water supplied in Northern Ireland for drinking, washing, cooking and food preparation, and for food production, and with arrangements for the publication of information about water quality. 2002 No. 331 Made 31st October 2002 Coming into operation in accordance with Regulation 1(2) to (5) The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 3B and 3C of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 and, being a department designated for the purposes of Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the quality of water intended for domestic purposes or for use in food production undertaking in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section and of every other power enabling it on that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: S.I. 1973/70 (N.I. 2) as amended by the Water and Sewerage Services (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/3165 (N.I. 16) Art. 4. Art. 2 contains a definition of “prescribed” S.I 1998/2793 1972 c. 68